[Verse 1]
Hello one and all
Was it you I used to know?
Can you hear me call
On this old ham radio?
All I've got to say
Is I'm alive and feeling fine
Should you come my way
You can share my poison wine

[Chorus]
No marigolds in the promised land
There's a hole in the ground where they used to grow
Anybody left on the Rio Grande
Is the king of the world as far as I know

[Verse 2]
I won't take your bread
I don't need no helping hand
I can't be no savage
I can't be no highwayman
Show me where you are
You and I could spend this day
Driving in my car
Through the ruins of Santa Fe
[Chorus]
No marigolds in the promised land
There's a hole in the ground where they used to grow
Anybody left on the Rio Grande
Is the king of the world as far as I know

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
I'm reading last year's papers
Although I don't know why
Assassins, cons and rapers
Might as well die

[Verse 3]
When you come around
No more pain and no regrets
Watch the sun go brown
Smoking cobalt cigarettes
There's no need to hide
Taking things the easy way
If I stay inside
I might live 'til Saturday

[Chorus]
No marigolds in the promised land
There's a hole in the ground where they used to grow
Anybody left on the Rio Grande
Is the king of the world as far as I know